Metallic railway-tie and fastening therefor



(No Model.)

Patented Feb. 21, 1888,

ATTBRNEYE ing the web and a a the flanges or base there- 1 UNITED STATESFRANK L. BARROII S, OF

PATENT Tries.

MILXVAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

METALLIC RAILWAY-=TIE AND FASTENING THEREFOR.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,280, dated February21, 1888.

Application filed April 5. 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, FRANK L. Bixnnows, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties and Rail-FasteningsTherefor; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

My inventionrelates to metallic railwayties and rail-fasteningstherefor, and will be fully set forth hereinafter, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of one form of my device,showing the flanges of a rail secured in position thereby. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atransverse section of another form of my device, taken on the line :v:cof Fig. 4; and Fig. 4: is a plan view showing two forms of myinvention.

A represents an ordinary railroad-rail, a be of, the tread not beingshown in Figs. 1 and 4.

13 represents my improved metallic tie, which preferably has a flat topand inclined flanges I) I). Lips b I) are struck up at two points ofeach tie to receive the flanges a of the rails, and these lips may beeither of the form shown at the left or the right of Fig. 4, aspreferred. Keepers 22 b" are formed on or from the tie adjacent to thelips, and these keepers may be either struck up, like the lips from thetie, in pairs, with an opening between, as shown in Fig. 1, or may besolidly raised or swaged out of or cast with the tie, as shown in Fig. 3and to the right in Fig. 4.

C is the locking device, consisting of a flat strip of spring or elasticmetal raised at one end a to conform to the shape of the railflange a.and bent down at the other end into a pointor hook, c, to enter ahole,d, in the top of the tie, and thus securely keep the rails Serial No.233,712. (No model.)

i in place on the ties, as shown, after the parts 0 have been pushedunder the keepers b", with the ends 0 bearing against the flanges a andalso against the webs a in mostcases.

In order to keep the ties B better in place on the roadbed, tongues Dare punched from the tie-flanges b b and turned in at an angle thereto,and these tongues become embedded in theearth, gravel, &c., with whichthe ties are filled between their flanges, d d representing simply theholes in the flanges where the tongues D were punched out.

5 Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A metallic tie having lips and keepers formed adjacent to each otheron its upper surface, in combination with a locking device consisting ofa strip bent at one end to conform to the shape of a rail-ilange andhaving its other end bent down to enter a hole in said tie,substantially as set forth.

2. A metallic tie having lips and keepers struck or formed from or onits top surface and perforations beyond the keepers, in combination withelastic locking-strips bent at one end to conform to and bear againstthe rail-flanges and at the other end provided with hooks to enter thedescribed perforations, substantially as set forth;

3. A metallic tie provided with side flanges having tongues strucktherefrom and turned in at an angle thereto, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Vtisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

FRANK L. BARROVVS.

Witnesses:

Mansion F. FREAK, N. E. OLIIHANT.

